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GEORGE H. CLEVELAND, OF CAMDEN, MAINE.

SHIRT.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,781, datedOctober 16, 1883. Application filed August 28, 1883. (So model.)

vide a shirt with an entire or, closed back any desired and front,adapted to be used either with or without a collar permanently attached.

My invention consists of a special construction of the shirt, ashereinafter explained,

whereby the back and front are both closed and the opening on theshoulder and back is closed by a re-enforce or flap formed by a separatepiece.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my improvedshirt. Fig. 2 is a view of the flap detached. Fig. 3 is a back view ofthe shirt. Fig. 4 is a front 'view, and Fig. 5 a backview of the theshirt without a collar.

In the drawings, the front A of theshirt is formed in the usual mannerof making whole-front shirts, and has a single button or stud at thethroat. It may be ornamented in manner by cord, to imitate a lacedfront, as is common in woolen bicycleshirts, or it may be provided withstuds, buttons, plaiting, or any other ornament suited to the materialof the shirt or required by the fancy of the wearer. The back B is alsomade an'dfitted to the shirt in the ordinary manner-that is to say,connected to the front on the shoulders-except that it is cut away fromthe neck downward on the line 00 3 x to form a triangular opening,substantially as shown at C. Outside of this I attach a flap, D,stitched, preferably, tothe shirt on a line, 2 2, and on the shoulder of12 1, and a short distance on the shoulder from sleeve-seam toward theneck, as shown at'l 12, Figs. 1 and 4. The upper edge of the body, whichmay have any desired ornamental stitching, extends across in front ofthe neck, over the shoulders, and down the back on the line 00 3/ z. Theflap, being stitched in the manner shown, may be thrown back, and thusthe opening enlarged to admit the head of the wearer, but when thegarment is on and the flap is brought forward and fastened in place itcovers the opening and overlaps it on both sides around the neck. To theedge 4 4 of this flap I may attach a collar, E, with bands in front andbutton-holes 5 5 to secure it to the button or stud 6, this singlebutton or stud holding the whole flap. secure. Thus the back of thewearer is covered, no buttoning is required in front, and there is noseam to open on the shoulders. In fact, the over lap of the re-enforcecompletely covers the whole of the back and shoulders and makes acomplete upper garment.

The flap D may be made of the same con tinuous piece as the body of theshirt, and

the re-enforce be put in underneath, connecting with the main parts inthe same manner as described in connection with the flaps.

In case the shirt be of that class in which a detachable collar isdesirable, I omit the collar E and work button-holes at the points 7 7.A collar may bebuttoned 011 to the front and rear buttons or studs, andthe buttonsfor the holes 7 7 may be set at any desired point withoutdisturbing the alignment of the collar-buttons; but when apermanentlyattached collar is used only one button or stud is required,and there is no opening on the shoulders, and the whole garment fitsclosely about the neck of the wearer. The 'collarless form is very welladapted. to that class of woolen shirts designed to be used withdetachable linen bosoms and collars, and either form is especiallyfitted for bicyclist-s or others who may desire to wear the shirtswithout coat or vest.

I claim y 1. A shirt having a closed front, a back cut away from theneck to form the opening C, and a flap, D, connected to the body andcovering the opening, substantially as described:

2. A shirt having a closed front, a back connected to the front on theshoulders, and

